Have guests over your place again? Keeping your fingers crossed that they won’t stay the night over? Don’t want to be embarrassed for your poor accommodation?

Sometimes lack of a comfortable sleeping option for your guests can make you pray that they don’t ask you to put them up for the night. It really must kill you since sleepovers can be such fun. So what’s the solution?

How about a Murphy bed? Nah, we aren’t talking about the old and rickety contraption you used to see in small apartments. The ones that would creak and groan with each movement you made.

We’re talking about the new innovation from the Zoom Room range – “The Standard.” It’s the 21st century concept that takes Murphy beds to an all new heights of comfort and sophistication! Zoom Room beds are the best in guest bed solution without being such an eye sore on the decor. It is electronic, it is remote controlled, and it is really quite amazing. Take a look.

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Ideal for smaller rooms, this twin storage loft bed provides a versatile place for work, play and sleep. Ready to assemble and includes all tools necessary for assembly. Item arrives in 3 separate boxes.

• Spacious cabinets with three-position, adjustable shelf
• Concealed desk rolls out to provide ample work space
• 3 spacious drawers and open shelves for extra storage
• Sturdy, two-step steel ladder
• Enclosed sleep area includes heavy-duty steel safety rails
• Integrated steel mattress support system
• Fits standard twin-size mattress, not included
• 78.8 Inches wide x 50.2 Inches deep x 50 Inches tall
• Desk: Pulls all the way out and is free standing
• MDF wood laminate construction
• The mattress support, guard rail and ladder are made of Steel with a powder coat finish

Ideal for smaller rooms, this twin storage loft bed provides a versatile place for work, play and sleep. Ready to assemble and includes all tools necessary for assembly. Item arrives in 3 separate boxes.

• Spacious cabinets with three-position, adjustable shelf
• Concealed desk rolls out to provide ample work space
• 3 spacious drawers and open shelves for extra storage
• Sturdy, two-step steel ladder
• Enclosed sleep area includes heavy-duty steel safety rails
• Integrated steel mattress support system
• Fits standard twin-size mattress, not included
• 78.8 Inches wide x 50.2 Inches deep x 50 Inches tall
• Desk: Pulls all the way out and is free standing
• MDF wood laminate construction
• The mattress support, guard rail and ladder are made of Steel with a powder coat finish

Much like Compact Living Ceiling Hanging Loft Beds you can build your own ceiling hanging loft bed. Over at Bob Vila’s forum, poster “fivelbbass” has provided pictures (above) and instructions on how to build a space saving ceiling bed.

You may have to scroll a bit or check out additional pages to the thread in order to find the instructions, but they’re in there!

[ Check out How to Build a Ceiling Hanging Loft Bed ]

The Compact Living Loft Beds are similar to a few hanging beds you may have seen around. They utilize small spaces by mounting to the ceiling or wall–rather than using bed frames like the traditional loft beds.

This then gives the room a less cluttered look, aiding in the appearance of additional space saved. Other items are then able to be stored up the lofts that may have not otherwise fit.

Compact Living is based in Hagersten, Sweden and only offers Loft Beds within Europe. If you are interested in purchasing a loft bed and you want to get in contact with the company, you may contact them with your name, phone number and address so that they may schedule a visit with you.

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The Slide Away Bed is a comfortable sofa by day and lounger or bed by night. It’s alternative to traditional Murphy Beds that fold up and pull down.

Due to its compact ability and space saving advantages, this makes it great for most, if not all small spaces. Consider studio apartments, dorms, guest rooms or home offices–rooms in which placing a sofa and a bed together wouldn’t be a practical solution.

The wooden side cabinets and upper shelves also benefit space conservative homes by providing additional storage space for books, knickknacks, family photos and other small memorabilia. The Slide Away Bed is available in several finishes: cherry, mahogany, maple and white. Additional finishes may also be available for cabinets.

Currently ships to the US and Canada. Shipping will also be available for Caribbean residents in the near future.

Taramolla, a space saving loft bed collection, is a great idea for families with small children and little space. The Taramolla collection is a collection of one and two bed series for children.

These compact beds allow children with small rooms to still have the space they need for other things. The bed collections come with space saving storage space, shelves, and desks.

The different bed collections also include beds close to the floor, as well as loft style beds. The structure of these space saving loft bed collections are made with aluminum metal and tubing. This type of structure is sturdy and safe for your children.

There are also over thirty color combination for you to choose from. These space saving loft beds are only available through the Italian company, Tumideispa.

Prices vary depending on the style of bedroom collection that you choose. For a space saving child’s room, you can not go wrong with this Space Saving Loft Bed collection.

Similar to Bedup, this electric Murphy bed raises up and down from the ceiling which makes this bed ideal for small spaces.

The elevating bed is brought to you by Flying Beds and although it’s quite expensive, there’s no doubt you’ll find this ceiling mounted bed is worth every penny.

It’s designed to give you more floor space when not in use. It also has an aluminum frame that attaches to the wall, and when the bed is no longer needed, you simply use the remote control to lift the bed to the ceiling.

It has many safety features, which include a mechanism that will keep the bed from being raised if more than 20 pounds above the bed’s “empty weight” is on it.

The remote control also has two directional switches. One switch allows you to determine which direction the bed will travel. The other switch is to make the bed travel. The electric Murphy bed was designed by Karl Heinz Welser and has been in production in Germany for the past ten years. The cost for this bed is $29,200 in US dollars.

If you haven’t come across this cool bed yet, then might be excited to see it now. The Concealed Hide Away Bed is brought to you by the London-based Concealed Bed Company.

The hide away bed in itself is a really cool Murphy-type bed that is built into what would appear to be ONLY a media storage center or a large bookcase.

The bed slides in and out–the mattress flexibly shifting upward so that it may be stored vertically when pushed back into place.

It’s the perfect solution for just about any any room. Consider home offices, bedrooms, studio apartments and guest rooms as a starting place.

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This Modern Platform Bed Frame features a modern metal platform bed constructed from rectangular metal tubing.

The construction supports a slatted support system, doing away with the necessity for having a box springs’ design.

The Modern Platform Bed Frame is shipped to its destination in a partially assembled state which ensures that final assembly is straightforward, requiring only the most basic of tools.

This Modern Platform Bed Frame only requires the most elementary knowledge for final assembly to be completed in a matter of minutes, with the accompanying instructions clear and easy to understand. The modern metal platform bed follows a contemporary design, and features simple lines of stark simplicity. This austere design and its sturdy manufacture ensure this modern platform bed frame is an ideal acquisition to put the finishing touches to a teenage boy’s bedroom.

The amber and silver coloring which, together with its mild sheen, has been described as ‘champagne’ and provides for neutral color finish, enabling this modern furniture platform bed to fit into the color scheme of any modern pad. The Modern Platform Bed Frame comes in three widths: you can choose from full size, queen sized or a king sized frame.